Secondary school appeals – moving up to secondary 2019

You can appeal if your child is not offered a place at a secondary or upper school that you applied for.

The deadline for lodging an ‘on time’ appeal for moving up to secondary school has now passed (29 March 2019).

If your child has not been offered a place at a secondary or upper school that you applied for, you can still appeal. However, any appeal received now will be treated as ‘late’ and may not be heard with those that were received by the deadline.

To lodge an appeal:

Hertfordshire residents

Log in to the admissions system using the same parent ID, user name and password used for your application.

Please don't send us information where third parties can be identified (e.g. other children's names or photographs).

If you need to include information about other people, you will need to send us written consent from the individuals or families involved.

When you send us your information as part of a school admissions appeal, you are sending your information to Hertfordshire County Council (as the Data controller).

This information is gathered and will be processed for the purpose of processing school admissions appeals, exclusion reviews and home to school transport appeals. Hertfordshire County Council will use this information to ensure all contacts (including calls, emails, and online contacts) are managed effectively to log, record and administer the statutory school appeals service and to give the best customer service possible.

Hertfordshire County Council is obliged to collect and process this data under the School Standards and Framework Act 1998, Admissions code 2014 and Appeals code 2012.

The information you give us will be held by the Appeals team of Hertfordshire County Council.

It will be shared with schools and independent appeal panel members.

We will also share information with third parties if we are legally obliged to do so, for example if it necessary to safeguard or protect a child.

We may also share information with the police or other agencies if it is necessary for the following purposes:

a) the prevention or detection of crime

b) the apprehension or prosecution of offenders

c) the assessment or collection of any tax or duty or any imposition of a similar nature

The information that you supply to us will be kept on file for 25 years. For more information, including how to remove your data, visit our website privacy policy.

Hertfordshire residents who applied using a paper form should call 0300 123 4043 for registration details. Once registered, log in to the appeals system.

Appellants (the person who made the appeal) will be sent notification of their appeal hearing at least 10 school days in advance of the hearing (unless you've been requested to agree shorter timescales).

Appellants will be sent a copy of the school's case 7 working days in advance of the hearing.

Appeals lodged after the deadline will be heard within 40 school days of the appeal deadline or 30 school days of being lodged – which ever is the later date.

Schools that manage their own appeals

Contact the school direct if you wish to appeal for one of the following: